trap
To physically capture, to catch in a trap or traps, or something like a trapTo physically capture, to catch in a trap or traps, or something like a trap.
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Meaning
11 senses(transitive)To physically capture, to catch in a trap or traps, or something like a trap.
to trap foxes
fangen
catch in or as if in a trap
(transitive)To ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.
Be careful not to trap your finger in the door.
She was trapped into admitting the truth.
(transitive)To provide with a trap.
to trap a drain
to trap a sewer pipe
hold or catch as if in a trap
(intransitive)To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game; to travel for the purpose of trapping.
trap for beaver
They trapped north along the river.
Fallen stellen
(intransitive, slang)To successfully land an aircraft on an aircraft carrier using the carrier's arresting gear.
After three consecutive bolters, the pilot finally trapped successfully on the Nimitz.
(intransitive)To leave suddenly, to flee.
(intransitive)To capture (e.g. an error) in order to handle or process it.
(dated)To attend to and open and close a (trap-)door.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:trap.
(informal, offensive, slang, sometimes)Of a 'trap': to trick a (heterosexual) man into having sex, by appearing to be a woman.
(intransitive, slang)To sell illegal drugs, especially in a public area.
To dress with ornaments; to adorn (especially said of horses).
She was all trapped out in the gaudiest of clothes.
Examples
624 sentencesDo you think it's a trap?
Гадаєш, це пастка? — deniko
ruДумаешь, это ловушка? — marafon
deGlaubst du, es ist eine Falle? — benbika
It turned out to be a trap.
Це виявилося пасткою. — tikan0
ruЭто оказалось ловушкой. — marafon
He set a trap to catch the animal.
Він поставив пастку, що спіймати звіра. — ChickenKiev
Is it a trap?
Це пастка? — User55521
ruЭто ловушка? — marafon
We should set a trap.
Ми маємо поставити капкан. — deniko
ruМы должны поставить ловушку. — sharptoothed
deWir sollten eine Falle stellen. — Lars224
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English trappe, from Old English træppe, treppe (“trap, snare”) (also in betræFrom Middle English trappe, from Old English træppe, treppe (“trap, snare”) (also in betræppan (“to trap”)) from Proto-West Germanic *trappjā (“trap, snare”), from Proto-West Germanic *trappjan (“to step”), from Proto-Germanic *trapjaną (“to tread, stamp”), from Proto-Indo-European *drebʰ- (“to step, trip, trample”).
Akin to Middle English trappe (“trappings, gear”), and perhaps from Old Northern French trape, a byform of Old French drap, a word of the same origin as English drab (“a kind of cloth”).
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Forms
traps, trapping, trapped, trappedPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
8 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
9 patterns- set a trap
- be a trap
- trapped in the
- trap to catch
- is trapped in
- was trapped inside
- trapped inside
- felt trapped
- a trap to
See also
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